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  • From the FT

    Local authorities in the Russian city of Belgorod claimed that two
    Ukrainian military helicopters carried out a cross-border air raid on
    a fuel depot on Friday, in what would be the first Ukrainian strike on
    Russian soil since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February.

    Ukraine did not immediately confirm it carried out the attack. Videos
    on social media showed two helicopters flying at low altitude before
    firing missiles at the fuel depot, causing a large explosion, followed
    by a fire that sent huge clouds of smoke billowing into the sky.

    Viacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod’s governor, said in a statement on
    messaging app Telegram, that the helicopters flew low into Russian
    territory to carry out the strike in the early morning. Two depot
    workers received non-life threatening injuries, Gladkov added.

    Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Putin had been informed
    of the attack.

    “Obviously this is not something you can say creates friendly
    conditions for holding negotiations,” Peskov told reporters, according
    to Russian news agency Interfax. He said Russia has “air dominance,
    that’s an absolute fact” and denied to comment further on the strike.

    The apparent attack came two days after an explosion at an ammunition
    depot in Belgorod, which is just over the border from Kharkiv,
    Ukraine’s second-largest city. No cause has been given for the
    explosion.

    It also came after Russia carried out several air strikes on fuel and
    food depots across Ukraine with cruise missiles, a tactic Kyiv said is
    aimed at forcing it to distribute its stock and ruin the planting
    season.

    Russian and Ukrainian military claims cannot be independently
    verified.

    Seems a little at odds with having absolute air dominance

  • in what would be the first Ukrainian strike on

    Russian soil

    Except there was another large explosion there earlier in the week at an ammo dump - and again, some claim sabotage by ukranian sf, others claim russian sabotage, others claim false flaggery.

    *Edit - yep, it's mentioned further in that text.

    Re. the latest with the helicopters, at least one ranking Ukrainian said 'weren't me guv'.

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